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Deadly wildfires contained in Algeria

Headline from Digital Journal

Wildfires which killed at least 38 people and left a trail of destruction in northeastern Algeria this week have now been contained, a civil defence

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  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Wildfires kill at least 26 in eastern Algeria (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Algeria's interior minister has said that wildfires raging in the forests in the east of the north African country have killed at least 26 people. Most victims were reported in

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Wildfires claim lives across northern Algeria | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    At least 26 people have died with several dozen injured amid separate forest fires raging across drought-hit northern Algeria. Most of the fatalities were near the border with Tunisia.

  3. Omaha World-Herald

    Wildfires in Algeria kill at least 37, including family of 5 (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Algeria's civil protection agency says wildfires raging in the country's east have killed at least 37 people and wounded 161 others. Most of the victims were reported in the wilaya,

  4. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Algerian forest fires kill at least 37 people and destroy nearly 2,600 hectares (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN At least 37 people have been killed and several injured in wildfires that ravaged mountainous areas in the east of Algeria, according to the state-run Algeria Press Service (APS).

  5. France 24

    'Tornado of fire': Algeria forest blazes kill 38 (opens France 24)

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    Algerian firefighters were Thursday battling a string of blazes, fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave, that have killed at least 38 people and left destruction in their wake.

  6. Al-Monitor

    Algeria fire crews rein in blazes that left 38 dead (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Algerian firefighters on Thursday brought under control a string of forest blazes that have killed at least 38 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames.Deadly fires have become an annual scourge in Algeria, where climate change has turned large areas of forest into a tinderbox in …

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Algeria: Dozens killed in wildfires | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A series of forest fires has left dozens of people dead in Algeria. Most of the casualties occurred in El Tarf, on the border with Tunisia.

  8. The Guardian

    At least 38 people killed as ‘tornado of fire’ rages in northern Algeria (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Hundreds forced to flee homes and at least 200 injured as firefighters battle string of blazes in El Tarf province

  9. Voice of America

    Algeria Forest Fires Leave at Least 37 Dead (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The death toll included a family of five found in their home and eight people on a public bus; 161 people are reported injured

  10. France 24

    ‘Scenes of devastation’ as deadly wildfires ravage Algeria (opens France 24)

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    Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped…

  11. CBS News

    Wildfires kill dozens as they tear through forests in Algeria (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Officials said at least 39 blazes were raging across 14 regions, including one that caught out a public bus carrying people through the mountains.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Wildfires across Algeria kill at least 26 people (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The North African country has repeatedly been accused of failing to invest in much-needed firefighting technology.

  13. Digital Journal

    Deadly wildfires contained in Algeria (opens Digital Journal)

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    Wildfires which killed at least 38 people and left a trail of destruction in northeastern Algeria this week have now been contained, a civil defence

  14. France 24

    Deadly Algeria wildfires now 'under control' (opens France 24)

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    Wildfires which killed at least 38 people and left a trail of destruction in northeastern Algeria this week have now been contained, a civil defence official told AFP on Friday.

  15. The Buffalo News

    'I lost everything': Algeria reels from deadly wildfires (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    Algerian firefighters have extinguished all but one of over 50 wildfires that ravaged the country this week. The fires in the North African nation left at least 37 people dead

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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